10-letter words containing r, e, s, t, o
- bonkbuster — a novel characterized by graphic descriptions of the heroine's frequent sexual encounters
- boosterish — designed to boost business; optimistic
- boosterism — the practice of actively promoting a city, region, etc, and its local businesses
- bothersome — Someone or something that is bothersome is annoying or irritating.
- bow street — a street in London, England: location of a metropolitan police court.
- breastbone — Your breastbone is the long, flat bone which goes from your throat to the bottom of your ribs and to which your ribs are attached.
- breastplow — a cultivator moved forward by a person pressing the chest against a crossbar.
- breastwork — a temporary defensive work, usually breast-high
- brightsome — bright or luminous
- broadsheet — A broadsheet is a newspaper that is printed on large sheets of paper. Broadsheets are generally considered to be more serious than other newspapers. Compare tabloid.
- brownstone — In the United States, a brownstone is a type of house which was built during the 19th century. Brownstones have a front that is made from a reddish-brown stone.
- cabriolets — Plural form of cabriolet.
- cantor set — the set obtained from the closed interval from 0 to 1 by removing the middle third from the interval, then the middle third from each of the two remaining sets, and continuing the process indefinitely.
- car stereo — a stereo built into the dashboard of an automobile
- carbonates — a salt or ester of carbonic acid.
- carpostome — the opening in the cystocarp of certain red algae through which the spores are discharged.
- cart horse — A cart horse is a large, powerful horse that is used to pull carts or farm machinery.
- carthorses — Plural form of carthorse.
- cartoneros — Plural form of cartonero.
- cartouches — Plural form of cartouche.
- castleford — a town in N England, in Wakefield unitary authority, West Yorkshire on the River Aire. Pop: 37 525 (2001)
- catalogers — Plural form of cataloger.
- categories — any general or comprehensive division; a class.
- categorise — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- categorist — a person who categorizes or inserts items in a list
- cautioners — Plural form of cautioner.
- celeritous — (rare) Swift, speedy, fast.
- centermost — Alternative form of centremost.
- centremost — Closest to the centre.
- centrioles — Plural form of centriole.
- centronics — (company, hardware, printer) A company in Hudson N.H., USA, best known for designing the parallel interface for printers with the same name, found on many microcomputers.
- centrosome — a small body in a cell where microtubules are produced. In animal cells it surrounds the centriole
- centurions — Plural form of centurion.
- ceratopsid — a dinosaur belonging to the family Ceratopsidae, characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns and neck frills
- ceratosaur — a carnivorous, swift-running North American theropod dinosaur of the genus Ceratosaurus and closely related genera, of the Jurassic Period, having a large skull with a short horn between the nostrils and a bony knob in front of each eye, and reaching a length of 20 feet (6.1 meter).
- charleston — The Charleston is a lively dance that was popular in the 1920s.
- charlottes — Plural form of charlotte.
- charthouse — the compartment on a ship or boat where charts are kept
- chernovtsy — a city in Ukraine on the Prut River: formerly under Polish, Austro-Hungarian, and Romanian rule; part of the Soviet Union (1947–91). Pop: 237 000 (2005 est)
- chervonets — (formerly) a Soviet monetary unit and gold coin worth ten roubles
- chesterton — G(ilbert) K(eith). 1874–1936, English essayist, novelist, poet, and critic
- chondrites — Plural form of chondrite.
- choreutics — a system that analyzes form in movement, developed by Rudolf von Laban (1879–1958), Hungarian choreographer and dance theorist.
- choristers — Plural form of chorister.
- christophe — Henri (ɑ̃ri). 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary leader; king of Haiti (1811–20)
- chrysolite — a yellowish-green gem derived chiefly from varieties of olivine
- chrysotile — a green, grey, or white fibrous mineral, a variety of serpentine, that is an important source of commercial asbestos. Formula: Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
- clearstory — clerestory
- clerestory — a row of windows in the upper part of the wall of a church that divides the nave from the aisle, set above the aisle roof
- clitorises — the erectile organ of the vulva, homologous to the penis of the male.